System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

266: Stealing the source, escaping into delusion”You... dare to... devour... my power?!”

Above the firmament, that pair of scarlet eyes narrowed for the first time in earnest. Within them, there was no longer pure indifference and mockery, but a clearly visible, flame-like rage burning!

For an existence like it, power and authority were the Foundation of its existence. Being stolen from and devoured in such a manner by a creature it regarded as an ant was no longer a provocation, but a blasphemy! It was a crime that had to be erased using the most cruel means!

The sky-covering giant hand descending suddenly paused; it did not retract, but the darkness upon it became even denser and deeper!

The giant hand’s five fingers slightly curled, and within its palm, a miniature dark vortex that seemed capable of swallowing the heavens and myriad worlds instantly formed!

This time, it was no longer just about erasing; it wanted to completely reclaim and crush every trace of his existence, along with that ”foreign object” that dared to steal its power!

However, it was this fleeting moment of pause and change in attack pattern caused by rage—that bought Ye Chen a life-or-death breathing space!

That wisp of Abyssal Origin forcibly devoured, though only one-hundred-millionth of the giant hand’s power, was of an extremely high level and incomparably pure!

After surging into Ye Chen’s body, it immediately triggered the frantic refinement by the Chaos demon seal and the source core of silence!

The vortex at the center of the demon seal spun at an unprecedented speed, forcibly tearing apart and purifying that cold, violent Abyssal power, transforming it into a kind of pure ”nourishment” containing the Law of destruction. One part was used to stabilize itself, and the other part was injected into the chaos minor world.

The crystal hilt formed from the source core of silence emitted an even deeper, grayish light, using its absolute connotation of ”end” to assist in suppressing and balancing the violent attributes of that foreign power.

Ye Chen’s body was like a balloon being forcibly inflated; the intense pain and sensation of expansion were almost tearing him apart!

But in this extreme pain, he had a flash of inspiration. Forcing himself to endure the agony of his Divine Soul splitting, he ceased using this sudden, far-superior power for attack or defense. Instead, he poured it all into the chaos and silence sword in his hand, executing the most exquisite application of space and Law he could currently manage—

”Chaos and Silence—Void Escape!”

He fiercely slashed his longsword toward the Void Realm beside him, which had become extremely fragile and covered in cracks due to the Lord’s arrival!

”Screech—!”

A narrow spatial rift, its edges shimmering with Chaos Qi currents and grayish light of return to silence, was forcibly torn open!

Behind the rift was not a stable spatial passage, but the deep Void Realm, filled with violent spacetime turbulence and unknown dangers!

This sword strike almost drained all the power he had just devoured and converted, as well as most of his own remaining Origin! The cost was huge, but the effect was also significant!

”Want to escape?”

The Lord’s cold will pierced down like billions of ice awls. The dark vortex condensed in its palm suddenly accelerated, and a more terrifying suction force enveloped the area, intending to swallow Ye Chen along with that torn Void Realm!

But in this split second—

”broken thought! Lead the way!”

Ye Chen shouted in his heart while instantly crushing the last ”Void-Breaking Talisman” he had cherished, which he had obtained from Qing Lin!

”Hum!”

Silver spatial power exploded, and together with the rift he had slashed with ”Void Escape” and the weak resonance of the ”broken thought” fragments with the homologous power, the three combined!

Swish!

His figure, along with Qing Lin not far beside him (whom he had forcibly pulled with his last bit of strength), turned into a distorted stream of light mixed with the grayish light of Chaos and silver radiance. Just before the dark vortex completely closed and swallowed everything, they narrowly dove into the rapidly self-healing spatial rift!

”Boom—!!!”

The dark vortex crashed down, completely annihilating the area where Ye Chen had originally been, along with a large expanse of space, into the most basic particle flow, turning it into absolute nothingness!

However, it was ultimately a split second too slow.

”Escaped into the deep Void Realm? A deathbed struggle.”

The Lord’s indifferent voice carried a trace of impatience at being repeatedly escaped by an ant. Those scarlet eyes pierced through layers of spatial barriers, instantly locking onto the mixed stream of light struggling through the violent Void Realm turbulence.

For it, even if Ye Chen escaped into the deep Void Realm, it was merely escaping from a smaller cage into a larger one that was still within its control. The Great World where the Ancient Path was located had long been covered by its will.

Its sky-covering giant hand raised again, ignoring the distance of space, ready to reach directly into the deep Void Realm to fish out and crush that annoying bug!

But, just as its will and power were about to penetrate the spatial barrier and pursue them deep inside—a change occurred again!

In this spacetime of the Ancient Path covered by its will, in several extremely ancient and hidden corners—those ruins or dangerous places that had been silent for eons and which it had never paid much attention to—a subtle resonance seemed to occur, seemingly because Ye Chen had successfully obtained the ”source core of silence” and the appearance of the strange balance of Chaos and Abyssal power within him!

A few weak ripples of Law, carrying distinctively different Origin auras, quietly rippled out, like a sleeping giant turning over unconsciously after being awakened.

These few ripples were extremely weak; for the Abyssal Lord in its prime, they could almost be ignored.

But at this moment, it was dividing a portion of its focus to lock onto and prepare to pursue Ye Chen. These few ripples from different Origins, faintly carrying a hint of resistance and repulsion, happened to form an invisible interference!

It was just like throwing several pebbles into a calm lake at the same time; although the pebbles were small, the ripples they caused intersected and interfered with each other, making the reflection on the lake surface instantly become blurred and distorted for a moment!

For the Lord’s vast and boundless will, this momentary interference was negligible. Yet, it was enough to cause an extremely brief, almost imperceptible deviation when it was locking onto Ye Chen’s precise coordinates!

And it was this slight deviation that caused its giant hand, about to reach into the deep Void Realm, to pause slightly.

Meanwhile, in the deep Void Realm.

Ye Chen, with the help of his ”Void Escape” sword strike and the power of the Void-Breaking Talisman, dragged Qing Lin and frantically shuttled through the violent spacetime turbulence.

He had no time to distinguish directions and could only rely on the weak resonance of the ”broken thought” fragments with the homologous aura, as well as his Chaos spiritual sense’s instinctive avoidance of danger, to flee desperately toward the region in his sense that was relatively ”safe” and had the strongest interference!

He felt that the locking sensation behind him, which had been like maggots on a bone, seemed to blur and distort for an instant!

Opportunity!

He did not hesitate to burn a portion of the Abyssal Origin he had just devoured and converted, forcibly urging the chaos and silence sword to crash fiercely into the area in his sense that had the strongest interference and the most chaotic space!

”Puff!”

As if breaking through an invisible thin film, the surrounding violent turbulence suddenly disappeared, replaced by a viscous, sluggish, grayish-white mist that seemed capable of swallowing all perception and energy!

This mist was extremely bizarre; even Divine Sense could not penetrate it very far, and it was permeated with a power that made the mind dull and the Laws sluggish.

”This is... the outer edge of the Thousand Illusions Maze?!” Qing Lin felt this familiar and heart-palpitating aura and exclaimed in shock.

Ye Chen also realized in an instant that he had accidentally escaped to the edge of the Thousand Illusions Maze—the nest where the Abyssal Lord originally slept!

The most dangerous place is the safest place?

No! This is an absolute dead zone!

But at this moment, the terrifying locking sensation behind him, after entering this maze, was actually significantly weakened and interfered with!

”Roar—!”

From the distant Void Realm, a low roar containing true rage came from the Lord. It clearly did not expect that this bug would not only steal its power but actually dare to escape into the periphery of its nest! This was tantamount to an extreme humiliation!

A more violent will began to forcibly scour this Thousand Illusions Maze, attempting to drag out the two rats hiding inside!

Ye Chen, pulling Qing Lin, dared not stop for even a moment. Relying on the faint resonance of the ”broken thought” fragments with something homologous deep in the maze, and the Chaos demon seal’s unique ability to discern Abyssal auras, he moved forward like a blind man feeling an elephant, struggling to sneak deeper into this grayish-white maze that devoured everything.

A temporary escape from death did not mean safety.

They had only escaped from one desperate situation into another, even more bizarre and dangerous one.

And the furious Abyssal Lord would absolutely not let it rest.

The hunt had only just begun.